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Muscular System

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  • Smooth muscle is controlled by what nervous system?
    Autonomic nervous system
  • Endomysium surrounds what?
    muscle fibres
  • What is the smallest functional unit in a myofibril?
    sarcomere
  • What are the 4 functions of a skeleton?
    movement, stabilise the body, storing and moving substances, generate heat
  • Cardiac muscle is under what control?
    involuntary
  • Name the two muscles in the calf
    Gastrocnemius and soleus
  • What is the antagonistic muscle during a bicep curl?
    Triceps
  • Levator ani is.....
    a superficial muscle layer in the pelvic girdle
  • Which contractile protein filment is darker and thicker?
    Myosin
  • Valsalva effect is the incorrect ...........technique
    breathing
  • What the the 3 different types of muscle tissue?
    Cardiac, skeletal, smooth
  • What is the missing one.....agonist, antagonist, fixator and...?
    synergists
  • What are the 3 different types of muscle fibres?
    Type 1 Slow, Type 2A and 2B Fast
  • 400m/800m sprinter uses what type of muscle fibres?
    Type 2A
  • What happens to the muscle during concentric contraction?
    Shortens
  • What surrounds bundles of muscle fibres?
    perimysium
  • What are the two contractile protein filaments?
    actin and myosin
  • Isotonic contractions include what two contractions?
    Concentric and eccentric
  • Skeletal muscle is attached to bones by.....
    tendons
  • Skeletal muscle has what type of appearance?
    Striated